Bed



Aug. 20, 1940. 'v C, LUPPERT 12,211,980

BED

Filed Ocl'.. 29, 1958 Patented Aug. 20, 1940 ir rr BED ApplicationOctober 2,9, 1938i., Serial No. 237,717 l 6 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in beds and more particularly tomeans for fastening side rails to bed posts and for supporting slatsfrom the posts.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a corner fasteningadapted to tightly draw the end of a rail into engagement with a sidesurface of a bed post.

Another object is to supply a corner fastening which will functionproperly even though it is improperly applied to the end portionof arail. Such misapplication is caused by holes not being bored exactly atthe proper places, and this is due to carelessness or bit shifting incase it hits a hard streak in the grain vof wood.

Another object is to supply a slat support which may be made from apiece of ordinary angle iron, such support being in turn sup-ported byspecial corner iastenings.

o With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in View theinvention consists in the novel features hereinafter ydescribed indetail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation partly broken away and partly insection of a side rail, bed posts and one form of my improved means foro supporting slatsand connecting the rail to the posts.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View takenon the line 2 2 of Fig. l. lFig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevational view of a modiy fication.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, 5 designates a wood rail having atitslower edge portion a groove i5 which extends throughout the entirelength of the rail and has enlargements 'l at the ends thereof. In eachenlargement I arrange a flat metal bracket S which is secured to therail by a central pin 9 that extends through the rail 5 and bracket.Immediately above and below the pin 9, the bracket is provided withslots lll to accommodate pins ii of less diameter than the width of theslots. These pins also pass through the rail and bracket and they limitthe rocking movement of the bracket on the pin S. The bracket extendsoutwardly beyond the end of the rail and is provided with van'upper hookl2 and a lower hook I3 formed by providing the bracket with notches Mand l5 which are inclined downwardly and outwardly away from the railand are adapted to receive stationary pins l and l1 that extend across avertical groove i8 in a bed post i9. Due to this construction, it willbe understood that even if the pins 9, i6 and i'l are slightly out ofposition, the hooks l2 and I3 will 5 cooperate with the pins i6 and ilto tightly draw the end of the rail 5 into contact with the bed postwhen the hooks are inserted in the slots I8 and the bedrail is forceddownwardly. Due to this construction I obtain a three-point con- 10 tactwhich assures a rm hold of each hook on a pin of the bed post.

If the above described corner fastenings are to function as supports forthe slats (not shown), the brackets 8 at the ends'of the rail are inter-15 locked in any suitable way with a metal angle iron 2Q. The verticalwing A2l of such iron occupies the groove and the horizontal wing 22projects laterally to support the slats. In order to interlock thesupport 2s tothe brackets, the gg.) vertical wing 2l has its ends cut toform projecting lugs 23 which extendinto notches il@ in the brackets andrest on horizontal edges 25 of the brackets; Obviously when the partsare assembled, as shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the slats 25 will rest onthe angle iron support;` the latter will be supported by the brackets8,; and the whole assembly will be supported by the pins ia and il ofthe bed posts. As the brackets 3 are secured to the side rail by pins 9and l l, theyy 3() positively prevent the lug 23 of the angle iron slatsupport 2Q from detaching from the notches 24.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, each bracket 26 lis secured to theside rail 2l by two 35 pins and 29 which pass through holes Sil that aresomewhat larger than the diameter of the pins in order to permit alimited amount of play. The use of two pins on side rails and bed postswill naturally be strongervii` the four pins draw tight. They can dothis in accordance with the invention becausethe four pins do notcontact the bracket equally. Any slight variation in the distance of thepin holes from the grooved face of the post or end of the wooden part ofthe side rail will cause but one hook to contact the pin in the post.Experience has taught the manufacturer of furniture that very seldom itis that four pins are doing the work. Due to the play permitted byloosely fastening the corner brackets to the rails, in my invention,each bracket may shift to insure that both hooks engage both pins of thebed post. Also ydue to my construction, there is no stress or strain onthe wooden part of the bed rail as such strains or stresses aretransferred to the pins of the bed post.

While I have disclosed what I now consider to be preferred embodimentsof the invention in such manner that they may be readily understood bythose skilled in the art, it is manifest that changes may be made in thedetails disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention asexpressed in the claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a bed, a wooden rail having a groove at one end thereof, asubstantially flat metal bracket extending into the groove, a fulcrurnpin securing the medial portion of the bracket to the grooved end of therail, upper and lower aper- -tures extending through the bracket atpoints above and below said fulcrum pin, other pins of less diameterthan said aperturesv extending through said apertures and secured to therail, and a bed post having a vertical groove and a plurality ofsupporting pins extending across its groove, said bracket being providedwith a plurality of hooks which extend into the last-inentioned grooveand engage the last-mentioned pins.

2. In a bed, a wooden rail having a groove at one end thereof, asubstantially flat metal bracket extending into the groove, a fulcrurnpin securing the medial portion of the bracket to the grooved end of therail, upper and lower apertures extending through the bracket at pointsabove and below said fulcrum pin, other pins of less diameter than saidapertures extending through said apertures and secured to the rail,

" a bed post having a vertical groove and a plurality of supporting pinsextending across its groove, said bracket being provided with aplurality of hooks which extend into the last-mentioned groove andengage the last-mentioned pins, and a slat support having one of itsends detachably secured to and supported by said bracket.

3. In a bed, a wooden rail having a rst groove at one end thereof, saidrail having a second groove in its lower edge portion a substantiallyflat metal bracket extending into the groove, a fulcrum pin securing themedial portion of the bracket to the grooved end of the rail, upper andlower apertures extending through the bracket at points above and belowsaid fulcrum pin, other pins of less diameter than said aperturesextending through said apertures and secured to the rail, a bed posthaving a vertical groove and a plurality of supporting pins extendingacross its groove, said bracket being provided with a plurality of hookswhich extend into the lastrnentioned groove and engage thelast-mentioned pins, and an angle iron Slat support having a verticalwing occupying said second groove and also having one of its endsdetachably secured to and supported by said bracket.

4. In a bed, a wooden rail having a groove at one end thereof, asubstantially fiat metal bracket extending into the groove, a fulcrurnpin securing the medial portion of the bracket to the grooved end of therail, upper and lower apertures extending through the bracket at pointsabove and below said fulerum pin, other pins of less diamter than saidapertures extending through said apertures and secured to the rail, abed post having a vertical groove and a plurality of supporting pinsextending across its groove, said bracket being provided with aplurality of hooks which extend into the last-mentioned groove andengage the last-mentioned pins, said bracket being provided with anotch, and an angle iron slat support having a wing extending into saidrail and provided at one end with a projecting lug which extends intothe notch for supporting the angle iron by said bracket.

5. Inv combination, bed posts having grooves, a grooved rail, bracketsextending into the grooves of the posts and rail, each bracket beinginovably secured to the rail, supporting pins extending across thegroove of each post, each bracket having a plurality of hooks engagingthe supporting pins of one post, an angle iron slat support having avertical wing extending into the groove of the rail, and means at theends of said wing, interlocking the angle iron support to said brackets.

6. In a bed, a wooden rail having a iirst groove at one end thereof, anda second groove extending along its lower edge portion, a thin metalbracket extending into the first groove and having upper and lowerapertures, pins of less diarneter than said apertures extendingtherethrough and secured to the rail, a bed post having a verticalgroove and a plurality of supporting pins extending across its groove,said bracket being provided with a plurality of hooks which extend intosaid vertical groove and engage the last-mentioned pins, and an angleiron slat support having a vertical wing occupying the second groove andhaving its end supported by said bracket.

VALENTINE C. LUPPERT.

